bigpoppa
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Awesome....i dont recall being even asked for a CC...if i ever buy a kawi it'll be there
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2017 Demo rides/events
- Thread starter Morrissey
- Start date
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Dealers don't get to choose their dates, the manufacturers just give them out. Trust me, dealers would much prefer to have a weekend
Does anybody know if an out of province licence is an issue? My brother will be in the area for one of the Honda test rides and would like to go, he has a Full M Newfoundland equivalent
Thanks
Greg
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Greg
bigpoppa
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Yeah, I tried the FZ-10. The throttle was weird, it was extremely loose. I mentioned it to the Yamaha guys but they didn't do anything. :confused2:
bigpoppa
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they're glorified baby sitters for the bikes, not mechanics.
Did you go to oakville to test ride?
abkdt41
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JTR
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Honda Demo ride tour making two stops in Hamilton next week. Thursday at Dewildt Honda Powerhouse, and Saturday at Sturgess Cycle. Can't find Honda's list of demo bikes though. Hoping for shadow phantom but doubtful, not much cruiser love on any of these tours it seems. Anybody got Hondas demo list?
abkdt41
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GL1800 GOLDWING,
GL1800 F6B,
VT1300 FURY,
VT750 PHANTOM,
CMX300 REBEL 300,
CMX500REBEL,
NC750XAH (ABS),
NC750DH(DCT),
CBR500RAH (ABS),
CB500FAH (NAKED),
CB500XAH (ADV),
CBR300RAH (ABS),
CB300FAH (NAKED),
CRF1000LAH,
CRF1000LARH,
CRF1000LDH (DCT),
CRF250LH,
CRF250RLH (RALLY).*
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This is true. Seems like a poor choice to be showing off your product in a state like that though. Oh well, not my problem =/.
Yessir, I went to Oakville for it.
It was....okay, I guess. The route was just normal Oakville roads, no highway or country still. The lead rider opened it up okay so you could get up to speed decently, but you were always at the mercy of the other riders to not religiously follow the speed limits (every R3 rider).
The route was:
Right out of the dealer (onto Third Line)
Right at Speers Road
Right at Dorval Drive
Right at Lakeshore Road
Right at Third Line
Right back into the dealer
It was probably more towards the bottom end of the routes I've been on, but I think they're sort of at the mercy of being right inside of a dense area.
JTR
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Sweet Jesus, Phantom AND Fury? I'm all over this demo. I'm already considering picking up a '17 phantom before the financing promo ends, this could push me over the edge. Then ofcourse if it feels at all sluggish, it might push me toward the fury, even tough I hate that its only available in red.
Morrissey
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The Shadow 750's aren't known for their power. Reliability, ease of use, yes. But power? No. The 1300 in the Fury on the other hand has plenty of power. If you don't like red they were black last year and I'm sure someone still has one on their floor.
I'm hoping to attend the Honda ride at Clarington end of June. I'm really bummed they won't have the new CB1100, but I've always wanted to try a Goldwing and after seeing how much fun Wobbly is having on his CB500x I'm more than a little curious to try one for myself.
I'm hoping to attend the Honda ride at Clarington end of June. I'm really bummed they won't have the new CB1100, but I've always wanted to try a Goldwing and after seeing how much fun Wobbly is having on his CB500x I'm more than a little curious to try one for myself.
Yes, we did. We held up the next ride so we could adjust it... even though the bike belongs to Yamaha Canada. Thank you for mentioning it to me, I'm glad we could make the ride better for everyone.
Think so? Guess you could have come said hello to me, since I was sitting outside for most of the day doing my best to keep the rides organized. And our other technician was the rider leading the rides..
I'm glad everyone had fun. I would love to do longer rides with more variation of speeds and roads, but our geography does hamper that a bit. If we did longer rides, less people would get to ride and people are upset. If we do shorter rides, people are upset because they are not long enough. It's not perfect, but given how many people wanted to try the bikes, I was happy to get as many through as we did. Also, those are some expensive neighborhoods we go though, and there is always a radar trap during our demo ride. We try our best to prevent tickets, so far so good.
Hopefully you guys got to try out the bikes you were interested in, and had a good time.
Okay, good to hear. I didn't see them do anything (nature called), and talked to someone else who noticed something similar later in the day and took their word for it.
I can understand that there is no winning for demo ride lengths, you're just slicing the pie as best you can.
I enjoyed the day, personally. The whole thing was run smoothly and people were friendly. Looking into an XSR900/FZ09 now.
Are there any demos on a race track?
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